#TurksandCaicosIslands – March 28, 2020 — COVID19 cases for
the Turks and Caicos are creeping higher, as yet another test returned positive
today from the Trinidad and Tobago based laboratory of the Caribbean Public
Health Agency (CARPHA).
The Ministry of Health, in a media statement informs that
there were three samples dispatched for testing; one of them was positive for
the coronavirus.
It was explained the new patient had recently travelled from
a country with high infection rate and had already been in quarantine, when the
results came in.
Turks and Caicos now charts five confirmed cases of COVID-19. The islands today commenced a 21-day, 24-hour national lock down with only essential movement permitted.
Premier Sharlene Robinson will address the nation tonight at 9pm on Radio Turks and Caicos and the Office of the Premier page on Facebook.
